Research Article
Evaluation of Pediatric Manual Wheelchair Mobility Using Advanced Biomechanical Methods
Table 4
Average (St. dev.) subject characteristics and temporal-spatial parameters (NR means not reported).
| | Parameter | Children and
young adults | Adults | | This study |
Kwarciak et al., 2009 [21] | Boninger et al., 2000 [22] | Gil-Agudo et al., 2010 [23] |
| | Age (yrs) | 13.2 (5) | 40.7 (11.3) | 35.2 (9.3) | 37.5 (9.8) | | Height (cm) | 137.4 (29.9) | NR | 176 (9.9) | 170 (10) | | Weight (kg) | 41.8 (13.4) | 76.6 (16.4) | 75.3 (17.9) | 70.1 (10.9) | | Diagnosis | SCI | SCI | SCI | SCI |
| | | | | Speed 1 | Speed 2 | Speed 1 | Speed 2 |
| Velocity
(m/s) | 1.2 (0.26) | 1.08 (NR) | 0.98 (0.13) | 1.65 (0.18) | 0.833 (NR) | 1.11 (NR) | | Cadence (stroke/sec) | 1.05 (0.19) | NR | 1 (0.2) | 1.3 (0.3) | 1.1 (0.2) | 1.2 (0.3) | | Contact phase angle (deg) | 85.6 (15.7) | 98.38 (NR) | 100.9 (16.5) | 110.7 (14.7) | NR | NR | | Propulsion period angle (deg) | 72.6 (11.9) | 80.64 (15.68) | NR | NR | 66.3 (16.5) | 69.7 (16.8) | | Peak resultant force (%BW) | 10.1 (3.7) | NR | 9.6 (3.5) | 13.9 (4.5) | 8.6 (2.1) | 10.6 (4.1) |
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